2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga

The 2021–22 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, will be the 55th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany. It started on 23 September 2021 and will conclude on 19 June 2022.[1][2]

Basketball Bundesliga
Season2021–22
Teams18
Dates23 September 2021 – 19 June 2022

Teams
Location of teams in 2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga

Team changes
Promoted from
2020–21 ProA		 Relegated from
2020–21 Basketball Bundesliga
MLP Academics Heidelberg Giessen 46ers
Rasta Vechta

As only one team was promoted, Giessen were awarded a wild card on 21 May 2021.[3]

Arenas and locations
Team City Arena Capacity
Brose Bamberg Bamberg Brose Arena
6,150
Medi Bayreuth Bayreuth Oberfrankenhalle
4,000
Alba Berlin Berlin Mercedes-Benz Arena
14,500
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bonn Telekom Dome
6,000
Löwen Braunschweig Braunschweig Volkswagen Halle
6,600
Niners Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz Arena
5,200
Crailsheim Merlins Crailsheim Arena Hohenlohe
3,000
Skyliners Frankfurt Frankfurt Fraport Arena
5,002
Giessen 46ers Giessen Sporthalle Gießen-Ost
4,003
BG Göttingen Göttingen Sparkassen Arena
3,447
Hamburg Towers Hamburg Edel-optics.de Arena
3,400
MLP Academics Heidelberg Heidelberg SNP Dome
5,000
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Ludwigsburg MHP-Arena
5,300
Syntainics MBC Weißenfels Stadthalle Weißenfels
3,000
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome
6,700
Baskets Oldenburg Oldenburg Große EWE Arena
6,069
ratiopharm Ulm Ulm ratiopharm arena
6,000
s.Oliver Würzburg Würzburg s.Oliver Arena
3,140

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bayern Munich 11 9 2 897 806 +91 18 Playoffs
2 Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 8 2 845 788 +57 16
3 Riesen Ludwigsburg 11 7 4 881 829 +52 14
4 Alba Berlin 10 6 4 820 733 +87 12
5 Crailsheim Merlins 10 6 4 889 823 +66 12
6 Hamburg Towers 10 6 4 813 770 +43 12
7 ratiopharm Ulm 10 6 4 817 787 +30 12
8 BG Göttingen 9 6 3 703 709 −6 12
9 Niners Chemnitz 10 6 4 766 783 −17 12
10 Medi Bayreuth 9 5 4 743 719 +24 10
11 Brose Bamberg 10 5 5 822 851 −29 10
12 MLP Academics Heidelberg 11 4 7 824 849 −25 8
13 Giessen 46ers 10 3 7 770 817 −47 6
14 Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 10 3 7 869 917 −48 6
15 s.Oliver Würzburg 10 3 7 801 849 −48 6
16 Mitteldeutscher BC 10 3 7 850 923 −73 6
17 Skyliners Frankfurt 11 3 8 791 916 −125 6 Relegation to ProA
18 Baskets Oldenburg 10 2 8 799 831 −32 4
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: BBL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Results
Home \ Away BAM BAY BER BON BRA CHE CRA FRA GIE GOT HAM HEI LUD MBC MUN OLD ULM WUR
Brose Bamberg — 84–87 89–101 80–100 89–87 72–68
Medi Bayreuth — 74–86 85–72 100–68 78–87
Alba Berlin — 86–88 83–62 101–63 59–65 92–72 73–80
Telekom Baskets Bonn — 76–67 86–76 87–70 78–76 76–73 87–79
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig 90–84 — 84–93 80–91 101–106 76–90
Niners Chemnitz 72–86 — 82–75 90–73 67–64 79–78 78–81
Crailsheim Merlins 92–90 — 72–61 71–93 111–84
Skyliners Frankfurt 72–77 76–89 80–73 — 64–74 50–79
Giessen 46ers 86–74 70–104 — 68–75 100–81 76–87
BG Göttingen 76–82 90–81 — 78–69 91–90 66–80 95–85
Hamburg Towers 77–70 103–92 82–90 83–46 — 81–75
MLP Academics Heidelberg 87–89 80–96 — 73–67 76–71
Riesen Ludwigsburg 74–62 91–86 74–76 95–67 88–87 — 83–68
Mitteldeutscher BC 116–111 74–85 80–88 — 68–82 95–73
Bayern Munich 96–80 71–64 77–71 — 93–80 83–86
Baskets Oldenburg 87–71 74–92 82–79 72–75 77–79 —
ratiopharm Ulm 83–94 66–71 80–88 78–74 —
s.Oliver Würzburg 86–87 78–83 82–69 90–70 90–88 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2021. Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home

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References
  1. "Neue Basketballsaison 2021/22 – Starttermin noch unbekannt". basketball.de. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  2. "23 Clubs beantragen Lizenz für BBL-Saison 2021/22". basketball.de. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. "Die JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers komplettieren das Teilnehmerfeld der easyCredit BBL für die 56. Spielzeit". basketball.de. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
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